Summer Butterfly
by Nick Boren
Title
Summer Butterfly
Artist
Nick Boren
Medium
Photograph - Nikon Photography
Description
You have to have ultimate patience when photographing butterflies, especially ones who land on flowers. They don't stay long, so you have to take the shot while you have the time!
From Wikipedia:
The earliest Lepidoptera fossils date to the Triassic-Jurassic boundary, around 200 million years ago.[5] Butterflies evolved from moths, so while the butterflies are monophyletic (forming a single clade), the moths are not. The oldest known butterfly is Protocoeliades kristenseni from the Palaeocene aged Fur Formation of Denmark, approximately 55 million years old, which belongs to the family Hesperiidae (skippers).[6] Molecular clock estimates suggest that butterflies originated sometime in the mid-Cretaceous, but only significantly diversified during the Cenozoic.[7] The oldest American butterfly is the Late Eocene Prodryas persephone from the Florissant Fossil Beds,[8][9] approximately 34 million years old.[10]
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July 15th, 2022
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Comments (12)
Gary F Richards
Outstanding Summer Butterfly composition, lighting, shading, color and artwork! F/L voted
Sharon W
Pure joy visiting two of my favorite creatures here! Spectacular macro of this magical creature! Wonderful work!
Kathy M Krause
Gorgeous capture Nick! Love the beautiful colors and clarity on the butterfly! Excellent! LF
Nick Boren
Thank you Judy for featuring my butterfly/flower image in your USA Photographers Only group. I appreciate it! :-)
Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery
Congratulations, your amazing image has been featured in the Intent of the Artist Group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the latest Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page)
Dr Debra Stewart's Gallery
Congratulations, your wonderful image has been featured in The Art Workshop Group -- thanks for sharing it with us! Please feel free to add it to the most recent Feature Archive in the Discussion section (using the "embed" link on your image page). Also, if you like, please find your category in the discussion forums and embed/post the image and discuss your methods for our learning community!!!
Nick Boren
Thank you Daniel for featuring my butterfly/flower image in your Imagination Gone Wild group!
Nick Boren
Thank you Brooks, for featuring my butterfly/floral image in your Pixels Promotion group! :-)
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